schmatzen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German smatzen, from older smackezen, from the root of Schmackes (“force, power”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃmat͡sn̩/ Hyphenation: schmat‧zen === Verb === schmatzen (weak, third-person singular present schmatzt, past tense schmatzte, past participle geschmatzt, auxiliary haben) (intransitive) to smack, to chomp (to make smacking or squelching sounds, especially while chewing; to eat noisily) (intransitive, Bavaria) to chat (to be engaged in informal conversation) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Schmatz ==== See also ==== schlürfen === References === === Further reading === “schmatzen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “schmatzen” in Duden online “schmatzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon